八年级下：what_should_i_do.pptVIP

do sports practice take language class Take math class take music lesson Reading Skills 1.速读以求理解 2.带着问题复读 3.细读解决疑难 Fast reading (read it as quickly as possible and get the main ideas) Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Dr Alice Green’s viewpoint(观点). Parents take their children from activity to activity. Cathy Taylor’s children are busy. Parents push their children a lot more. What Linda Miller tells us about children’s pressure. Skim the text and try to decide which is the main idea for the text A. Childhood is the time for children to relax. B. Children should live with pressure. C. It is good that children go to after-school classes. D. Children in America and Britain live under too much pressure. They should have time to relax. D. Children in America and Britain live under too much pressure. They should have time to relax. What is the life for Cathy Taylor’s three kids like? 2. How do the children feel? 3. Why do the parents push their children so hard? 4. Is it good for the kids , if the parents try to plan their kids’ lives for them? Why? 5. What should the parents do? Answer the questions. 1. What is the life for Cathy Taylor’s three kids like? 2. How do the children feel? Life for them is very busy. They are under too much pressure. 3. Why do the parents push their children so hard? 4. Is it good for the kids , if the parents try to plan their kids’ lives for them? Why? 5. What should the parents do? Because they are always comparing them with other children. No, it isn’t. Because they may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older. They should learn to give their kids a bit more time. (= a little more time) Life for Cathy Taylor’s three children is very busy. Their school days are busy enough. After school, though, Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball. Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons. The tired children don’t get home until 7 pm. They have a quick supper, and it’s